A01=Dennis F. Thompson
Author_Dennis F. Thompson
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Product details
- ISBN 9780226797632
- Weight: 595g
- Dimensions: 17 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 15 Nov 2002
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The 2000 election showed that the mechanies of voting, such as ballot design, can make a critical difference in the accuracy and fairness of our elections. But as Dennis F. Thompson persuasively shows, more fundamental issues must be addressed to ensure that our electoral system is fair. Just Elections argues that three central democratic principles - equal respect, free choice, and popular sovereignty - underlie our electoral institutions and should inform any assessment of the justice of elections. To create a fair electoral system, we must deliberate together about these principles and take greater control of the procedures that govern our elections.
Dennis F. Thompson is the Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy and director of the Center for Ethics and the Professions at Harvard University. He is the author of Political Ethics and Public Office, Ethics in Congress and coauthor of Democracy and Disagreement.
